Recent Content by dwatkin

Many thanks for your good wishes and recommending Antje77.

Thanks so much for asking Caroline. Her advice is particularly valuable as she understands Clipper. I've taken her advice and am working with the victualler to ensure any specific needs I may have are catered for. I'm doing Leg 1 which for this year stops in Portugal so I've got 10 days sailing...

At present our yacht is enigmatically named CV20 but next week we will have a sponsor and a name. There are 11 identical 70' racing yachts all leaving London on September 1st bound for Portugal as a first stop and Punta del Este as my final destination. The yachts then continue around the world...

Thank you so much for taking the time to comprehensively answer my points. I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to reply. As I've been stressing to the skipper I'm preparing well but I don't expect to have to resort to anything other than the usual maintenance of my disease. In the 4 weeks of...

Many thanks for the advice. I've been sailing dinghies since I was a kid and yachts for the past 15 years and I've never felt sea sickness. However pride comes before a fall so at race start on September 1st I will use Scopaderm patches to make sure. I intend to take your advice regarding...

Scott, many thanks. I'm using penfill injections and so on my person I will always have Fiasp rapid acting and my grab bag with have my 'next' set of pens so I'll.always have a weeks worth in them. Definitely going to run high, over the 5-6 weeka sit won't cause me harm. Thanks again.

Dear all. Firstly an apology. I foolishly assumed I would get a notification of some kind when someone kindly sent me an email and I didn't see the great advice given here. Thanks so much to everyone for spending time to help me. I will certainly be taking advantage of others experience and...

Thanks. I know sea sickness is a nightmare for us. I don't suffer but I'm not complacent so I'll be applying scopaderm patches but I appreciate your advice. Thank you

Many thanks. I think I owe it to the other crew to get a small insulin specific fridge but I will only put 40% of my insulin there in case it freezes it. I'll try and write a blog or at least a synopsis when I get back in November. If anyone wants to watch the race start it is Sept 1st from...

I completely agree but I've struggled to get in touch with the 4 previous Type 1s who have tried to do the race. In 50% of the cases it didnt end well. Inm one case sea sickness caused DKA and the poor chap had to be taken ashore. However I've done 4 weeks training including 6 days offshore and...

Many thanks for your reply. I do always use the wallets and originally planned to rely on only them but Frio did not recommend them for this.

On September 1st I am taking part in Leg 1 of the Clipper Round the World yacht race from London to Uruguay. This takes over 5 weeks and as a Type 1 diabetic insulin will not last without refrigeration and the yacht has none. I urgently need reliable insulin fridge to take onboard the yacht...

Calling all sailors ! I've signed up to one Leg, the Atlantic of the Clipper Round the World Race. I could do with some advice regarding offshore sailing and managing Type 1 diabetes. Although I've done half of the training I had some specific questions what, most likely other sailors have...